16 Jul 2019

The Whale Baby - by Sarah Ell

From the collecton Short Stories

The Whale Baby began based on the story of the writer`s great-great-grandparents, Kitty Maxwell and Henry Middleton, who emigrated to Canterbury from Ireland in the 1860's. It then went off,  on a bit of a tangent pursuing my fascination with whales and nineteenth-century naturalists.

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Photo: Sarah Ell

Sarah Ell is a freelance writer and editor who lives on Auckland's North Shore. She has written three young adult novels and seven non-fiction titles, and has a BA majoring in New Zealand history as well as a Masters of Creative Writing from Auckland University.

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